Ronald L Grimes

Beginnings in Ritual Studies Ronald L Grimes

Marc Notes: Previous ed.: Columbia, S. C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1995.; Includes bibliographical references. Biographical Note: Ronald L. Grimes is the author of several books on ritual, most recently The Craft of Ritual Studies (Oxford University Press, 2014). He resides in Waterloo, Ontario, where he is Director of Ritual Studies International and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University. Recently, he has held the following positions: Visiting Professor of Religious Studies at Charles University, Prague in the Czech Republic; Senior Researcher and Senior Lecturer at Yale University; and Chair of Ritual Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Contributor Bio:  Grimes, Ronald L Ronald L. Grimes is Professor of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of "Marrying and Burying: Rites of Passage in a Man's Life" (1995) and editor of "Readings in Ritual Studies "(1996), among other works.